Care Chemicals

Home care and industrial & institutional cleaning

We develop, produce and market a wide range of ingredients for the global detergents and cleaners industry. As the innovation leader in this market, we offer choices to our customers by providing a broad portfolio to successfully cater to today’s and tomorrow’s market needs, always considering the changing regulatory requirements. Our strong and integrated global production footprint, combined with a state-of-the-art R&D base and in-depth market and application expertise, drives our unique value proposition. This makes us the partner of choice for formulators of efficient, convenient, sustainable and safe-to-use cleaning products. Our portfolio, which is constantly being further developed, includes surfactants, enzymes, performance boosters, chelating agents, biocides, stabilizers and methanesulfonic acid.
   

Personal care

We envision a future in which performance, sustainability and scientific innovation are at the core of every product. Driven by the expertise and passion of our teams, we embrace agility and proactively address the rapidly evolving desires and needs of consumers in the industry. Our commitment goes beyond individual products. We collaborate with partners across the ecosystem, leveraging our extensive portfolio and scientific expertise to deliver innovative solutions to our customers, considering the entire value chain. Our broad personal care portfolio includes actives, bioactives, emollients, emulsifiers, polymers, surfactants and UV filters.
   

Industrial formulators

As a leading supplier of processing aids for industrial chemical formulations, we provide high‑performance additives and surfaceactive ingredients that enhance the efficiency, sustainability and reliability of industrial formulations. We deliver formulation expertise and customer‑specific solutions across agrochemicals, coatings and adhesives raw materials, construction, textiles, metal surface treatment and chemical processing.

Our product portfolio includes dispersants, emulsifiers, surface modifiers, solvents, chelating agents, biocides, micronutrients and methanesulfonic acid that support formulators in improving performance while reducing resource use and operational costs.

The Care Chemicals division holds one of the top three market positions in all strategic business areas in which it is active.

The main competitors (alphabetical order) include Ashland, Clariant, Croda, Dow, Evonik, Sasol, Stepan and Syensqo.

From 2023 onward

From 2023 onward

Thousand metric tons per year

1 All capacities are included 100%, including plants belonging to joint operations and joint ventures.

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